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Plone "statusmessages" and "linkintegrity" Modules Code Execution
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA27530
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Release Date:
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2007-11-06
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Popularity:
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3,648 views
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Plone 2.x
Plone 3.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-5741
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Description:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Plone, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerabilities are caused due to errors within the "statusmessages" and "linkintegrity" modules, where unsafe network data is interpreted as python pickles. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary python code within the Zope/Plone process.
The vulnerabilities are reported in Plone 2.5 up to and including version 2.5.4 and Plone 3.0 up to and including version 3.0.2.
Solution:
Apply the hotfix.
http://plone.org/products/plone-hotfix/releases/20071106
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
Original Advisory:
http://plone.org/about/security/advisories/cve-2007-5741
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